'No payment was made': Liberal leader denies donation Angus Taylor's name has been brought up in a NSW corruption inquiry over reported donations to a conservative Liberal Party faction. AAP · Jul 29
Angus Taylor insists he made no payments to conservative Liberal group amid Icac investigation Opposition leader says he is ‘not a party to proceedings’ being investigated by NSW corruption watchdog as fellow Liberals close ranks The Guardian - AU · Jul 29
Morning Mail: Angus Taylor’s approval plummets, earthquake in Japan, and an ultra long-haul flight Our latest Essential poll shows collapsing support for the Liberal leader; quake traps many in mall The Guardian - AU · Jul 28
Angus Taylor has inadvertently taken centre stage in an Icac hearing – and the fallout could be profound If the opposition leader was funding one side of a vicious factional war, it would be hard for many in the party to stomach The Guardian - AU · Jul 28
Top Liberal bats away proposal for One Nation coalition After a senior frontbencher left the door open for a partnership with One Nation, his party's leader quickly tried to shut the idea down. AAP · Jul 27
Former NSW Liberal powerbroker at heart of Icac allegations now living in UK and not expected to appear Christian Ellis, a former registered lobbyist, is named in two Independent Commission Against Corruption allegations The Guardian - AU · Jul 26
Anti-racism measures bolstered after One Nation rise Labor members have committed to implementing national anti-racism plans, while speaking out against the threat One Nation poses to multicultural communities. AAP · Jul 24
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Paul Kelly on why Albanese is ‘misunderstood’ and Taylor needs to stay In more than 50 years of covering Australian politics, journalist Paul Kelly has “certainly never seen a crisis like this”. The Conversation · Jul 23
Innovative tech funded to deliver energy transition Australian energy companies have received federal funding to address complex problems associated with the energy transition. AAP · Jul 22
Newspoll has right-wing parties rebounding from a slump three weeks ago Three weeks ago, the Newspoll taken in the week after Pauline Hanson’s June 17 National Press Club address had the combined vote for One Nation and the Coalition down three points and the combined vote for Labor and the Greens up five points. The Conversation · Jul 19
'Pollster's picnic' carries warning to read with care Federal politics is awash with polling, with new data dropping on average twice a week during 2026. But is it good for democracy? AAP · Jul 18
Pauline Hanson addresses CPAC in London and denies rift with Barnaby Joyce over far-right podcast One Nation leader makes series of unsubstantiated claims about “mass migration” as Australia’s Islamophobia envoy warns of potential consequences from her rhetoric The Guardian - AU · Jul 18
Grattan on Friday: the zeitgeist doesn’t suit Angus Taylor but he could do more to help himself As he surveys the degraded and demoralised Liberal Party he presides over, Angus Taylor has two major problems – and that’s leaving aside One Nation. The Conversation · Jul 16
Afternoon Update: Sam Neill’s cause of death announced; first case of bird flu in NZ; and Andy Burnham’s winding path to power Actor’s family release information due to ‘inaccuracies and outright falsehoods’ in media The Guardian - AU · Jul 16
The Guardian - AU · Jul 16 Liberals say ‘all options’ should be considered despite Angus Taylor hosing down gender quota proposal Anne Ruston called for the party to act with ‘urgency’ after discussion paper suggested how to improve engagement with women, multicultural communities and young people
AAP · Jul 14 Liberal leader has 'heavy heart' criticising One Nation Angus Taylor has been accused of "appalling" attacks on Pauline Hanson's right-wing party but has refused to condemn her meeting with a notorious UK activist.
AAP · Jul 12 Voters reject Hanson's 'monoculture' with poll slump Support for Pauline Hanson has fallen as rival parties say voters are starting to wake up to the reality of One Nation policies.
AAP · Jul 12 'No resources': One Nation defends uncosted policies Pauline Hanson's rising right-wing party has blamed deficient parliamentary resources for the lack of detail about how much its plans will cost.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 11 Victorian crossbench MP warns voting system overhaul must be backed by broader reform – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Economic Times · Jul 10 PM Modi meets Australia's Opposition leader, discusses bilateral ties Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Australia's Opposition Leader Angus Taylor discussing bilateral ties. The Indian prime minister also held summit talks with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. They reinforced the vital role of the bilateral partnership in ensuring a peaceful Indo-Pacific region. The two nations sealed landmark pacts spanning civil…
AAP · Jul 10 Liberal leader rules out forming One Nation alliance Angus Taylor has doubled down on attacks on One Nation, ruling out any coalition with the minor party despite Pauline Hanson's pleas to "work together".
The Conversation · Jul 9 Angus Taylor warns a One Nation government would bring ‘an eternity of pain’ Opposition leader Angus Taylor has delivered his most comprehensive attack so far on One Nation, describing it as a “column of smoke” that would, in government, send the country broke.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 9 Angus Taylor warns of ‘eternity of pain’ if One Nation wins government in strongest attack yet on Pauline Hanson Opposition leaders calls Hanson’s party a ‘column of smoke’ that won’t fix Australia’s problems and ‘would only make things worse’
The Guardian - AU · Jul 9 Taylor defends Sarah Henderson’s triple-zero calls as SA police investigate claimed Telstra-outage death South Australian police investigating death of elderly person Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle claimed was a result of the outage
AAP · Jul 9 'Column of smoke': coalition launches One Nation attack An economic blueprint has been pitched by the coalition to win over voters as it warns One Nation won't be able to deliver on its promises to Australians.